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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 421-433, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori, Ileana De Giuseppe, Fabrizio Frontalini, Luca Pellegrino, Richard W. Jordan, Pierfrancesco Callieri, Emad Matin, Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Hamid Fadaei, Valeria Mengacci, Fulvio Fantino   +10 more
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Walka Wschodu i Zachodu w literaturze greckiej od Herodota do Prokopiusza z Gazy

Vox Patrum, 2003
Herodotus presented the conflicts between Europe and Asia on both the mythological and historical level and made them one of the main structural and ideological components of his work.
Tomasz Polański
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An Archaeometallurgical Investigation on Some Archaeological Metal Finds From the Sasanian Site of Jahāngir, Western Iran

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S103-S115, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (μ‐XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), and
Omid Oudbashi, Leila Khosravi, Morteza Habibzadeh   +2 more
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Michael Herles. “Achaemenids and the Southern Caucasus” [PDF]

, 2020
Dans cet utile panorama des données sur la présence de l’empire achéménide dans le Caucase, l’A. mentionne les mentions de l’Arménie dans les inscriptions, mais surtout les données archéologiques dont il souligne les incertitudes sur la chronologie en ...
Boucharlat, Rémy
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« Memory and History: The Construction of the Past in Late Antique Persia ». Nāme-ye Irān-e Bāstān 1/2, (hiver 2001-2002 [2002]), pp. 1-14. [PDF]

, 2006
Depuis que E. Yarshater a soulevé la question « Were the Sasanians Heirs to the Achaemenids », montrant que les premiers n’avaient pas une réelle connaissance de leurs lointains prédécesseurs, d’autres savants ont apporté des arguments allant dans le ...
Boucharlat, Rémy
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Levantine Hacksilber and the flow of silver in early Mediterranean commerce

Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 6, Page 1547-1564, December 2025.
Abstract This study presents a comprehensive approach to provenancing ancient silver artefacts, introducing a novel algorithm to correct for mass‐dependent isotope fractionation. Applied to a Pb isotope database of 281 Hacksilber samples from southern Levantine hoards (1700–600 BCE) and compared with approximately 7000 galena ores from Spain to Iran ...
Francis Albarede, Gillan Davis, Haim Gitler, Janne Blichert‐Toft, Liesel Gentelli   +4 more
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Phoenician cedar oil from Amphoriskoi at Tel Kedesh: implications concerning its production, use, and export during the Hellenistic Age [PDF]

, 2021
Archaeologists and historians have routinely attributed “branded” goods to particular regions and cultural groups, often without rigorous analysis. Phoenician cedar oil is perhaps one of the best-known examples from antiquity.
Berlin, Andrea M., Herbert, Sharon C., Berlin, Andrea, Koh, Andrew J.   +3 more
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Towards a New Reference Dataset for Northwest Arabian Pottery: A Preliminary Characterization of the Fabrics, Techniques, Shapes and Decoration of the Pre‐Islamic Pottery From Dadan (Third Millennium bce–Early First Millennium ce)

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 138-196, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The site of Dadan, in the al‐ʿUlā valley, is one of the major and longest‐settled ancient oasis settlements in northwest Arabia. As part of the Saudi‐French Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA), a study of its pre‐Islamic ceramic assemblage has been underway since 2020.
Shadi Shabo, Jérôme Rohmer, Francelin Tourtet   +2 more
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Wine in Gandhara Bibliography

, 2023
Bibliography on wine and alcoholic beverages in Gandhara and surrounding areas exported in RIS file format and uploaded on Zenodo. This bibliography is an outcome of the MALIWI project (Making Libation of Wine from Golden Cups: Social, Ritual, and ...
Bryan De Notariis, Enrico, Marco, Claudia Antonetti, Antonetti, Claudia, De Notariis, Bryan, Marco Enrico   +5 more
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Imperial systems and local landscapes of Buldan Yayla in Western Anatolia (Türkiye) during the last 4000 years: An integrated palynological, historical, and archaeological approach

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna, Mustafa Doğan, Warren Eastwood, John Haldon, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Dilek Şenkul, Çetin Şenkul, Adam Izdebski   +7 more
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